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S 3462 110th Congress Senate

A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity,…

Official title: A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons.

Introduced: September 10, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Law Civil actions and liabilityClaimsCommerceCompensation for victims of crime
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Concentration campsCrime and Law EnforcementDamagesDeportationDistrict courtsHistoryInternational AffairsJewish holocaust (1939-1945)JurisdictionLimitation of actionsRailroadsTransportation and Public WorksWar crimes
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.

Provides that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3462: A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3462/
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"S. 3462: A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3462/.
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S. 3462, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3462/.
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[S. 3462: A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3462/)
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